Mystery makes me strong

Chapter 2599 3 pieces of evidence

Chapter 2599 Three Pieces of Evidence
As a result, when he just ran to the city gate and wanted to leave the city, he was pinned to the ground by the constables who were ambushing at the city gate and captured on the spot.

At this time, all the valuables on Liu Gen's body were taken to the yamen by the arrests.

Although some people want to embezzle it, this is important physical evidence, and no one dares to do this under the nose of the prosecutor for the time being.

The judge sat in the hall at ease, and banged the gavel: "Liu Gen, what else do you have to say now?"

"If you didn't kill the person, why did you run away?"

"It's obvious that he is guilty and wants to take the opportunity to escape. Now he is caught red-handed. What else can you deny?"

"Do you have any evidence to refute this officer?"

At this time, Liu Gen looked dejected.

He felt even more desperate as he watched the detectives opening his bag.

The silver and money in there belonged to the foreign guest.

He could only kneel down and say, "Little one, I have nothing to say."

"The younger one is too clever for his own good."

The judge smiled with satisfaction.

The bailiffs and constables also praised him.

"The judge is still amazing."

At this time, Liu Gen cried and said, "I made a big mistake, but I really didn't kill anyone."

"I am just worried that next time I will run into a foolish master and he will drag me into the blame again."

"Fortunately, the judge made a wise decision and released me this time, so I just want to leave as soon as possible."

The judge smiled and said, "You said you were afraid of running into a corrupt official."

"Let's put that aside for now. How do you explain the contents of this bag?"

Liu Gen was stunned.

He had the package brought to the lobby table, opened it, and immediately knew what was going on.

"Here are a hundred taels of silver, as well as a travel permit and official documents."

"The reason you didn't destroy these documents is because you wanted to impersonate me, right?"

"The appearance described in this document is not much different from your appearance."

"In fact, I have long noticed that the deceased's appearance and height are about the same as yours."

"They are all about seven feet tall, with fair complexions and no beards."

"Because you are lazy and don't work, your face is naturally whiter."

"It also says that one ear is big and the other is small, which is exactly what you are."

"In my opinion, you just wanted to steal the silver."

"But after seeing the document, I became malicious."

"You want to kill someone, then you want to borrow the official certificate and then go to take office."

"It just so happens that the place this person is going to is a very remote border state. It is difficult to find someone who knows this person, and it is also difficult to communicate through letters."

After hearing this, Wen Rensheng began to look at Liu Gen with a new respect.

In ancient times, there were indeed people who pretended to be administrators and took office... and some even managed a place quite well.

It was later exposed because someone came from my hometown.

Not to mention ancient times, even in modern times, there are people who pretend to be stewards and deceive people, and they often succeed.

So Liu Gen’s move is actually very practical.

Generally speaking, the case should be over at this point.

Liu Gen's motive and evolution from theft to murder are very reasonable, and the evidence is there.

This package and the documents that have not been destroyed are them.

In Wen Rensheng's opinion, this magistrate was so patient that he was only one step away from Song Ci in terms of fame.

But as far as Wen Rensheng knew, this magistrate was only slightly famous in the neighborhood and not that powerful.

Because in this ancient time, there were many more detectives.

Liu Gen was suddenly speechless.

He could only repeat: "I didn't kill him."

"You are the one who killed him."

"I didn't kill him."

"It's you..." the judge stood up and said.

Wen Rensheng was stunned.

"Well, you don't have to admit it, but I have all the evidence. I will sentence you to death anyway."

The prosecutor then asked his deputy to start writing the verdict, which also included the previous trial procedures, a pile of documents in total.

All these have to be done by the deputy.

Otherwise, if he did it, he wouldn't have time to read the case files and solve the case.

"But, sir, it will not look good if the prisoner does not sign and is handed over," the deputy lawyer reminded.

"It's okay. This is exactly my principle. I would rather the prisoner not sign than use torture instruments to force him to sign." The judge said confidently.

Wen Rensheng nodded.

If you want to get ahead, it's okay to be stable, but you need someone to back you up.

Without support, being an official requires style.

For example, cruel officials are the most typical type.

Relying on harshness to impress the higher-ups,
In this world, positions related to solving crimes are undoubtedly a very important path for promotion.

Because everyone has no worries about food and drink.

Moreover, there has been no war for many years, and the two sides are unwilling to start a war with each other.

So there is no military merit.

Why were wars so frequent in ancient times?
For example, nomadic farming.

In the final analysis, it was because the nomads encountered natural disasters and had no food to eat, so they had to go south to invade and plunder.

In this situation, a fundamental contradiction arises.

This kind of contradiction cannot be resolved by culture or marriage.

Only by brutally reducing the population, reducing the birth rate, encouraging a large number of nomads to become monks, and regular trade...

This can barely solve this problem.

Why did war occur in agricultural civilization?

In fact, in most cases, the peasants rebelled because they were not getting enough to eat.

In this ancient detective world, when everyone has enough food to eat, the probability of war breaking out automatically is very low.

In addition, due to the frequent occurrence of cases, those who have the ability to start a war will offend many people.

Here, often before the war has lasted for a few months, those who started the war are poisoned or assassinated by their own subordinates through strange means or inexplicable mechanisms.

Wen Rensheng knew that in real history, emperors often fell into water and died of colds.

What’s more, it is a small world in the void?

Once the instigator of the war is killed, it will be difficult to continue the war.

This is the characteristic of feudal society.

The lower classes have no motivation for war.

Everyone hopes to never have to fight again in their lifetime.

This is different from later modern society.

In modern society, the lower classes have already developed the driving force for war. Armed with various ideas and driven by various interests, they have also actively engaged in wars in large numbers.

Once the upper echelons activate the switch, if they want to stop the war, they have to fight until everyone collectively hates war.

Otherwise, whoever wants to stop will step down.

So this world has few wars but many cases.

But no matter what, in Wen Rensheng's opinion, even if the number of cases increased 100 times, it would not be as many as the number of deaths in a war.

In one war, 9 out of 10 people can die.

No matter how brutal this case is, if it kills hundreds of people at once, it would be considered a major case.

At this time, Tui Guan Liu had already submitted the case files sorted out by his lawyer.

Afterwards, the case file and related judgment documents were reported all the way and delivered to the higher authorities.

In fact, in Wen Rensheng's opinion, this is obviously unreasonable.

Simply put, there is no separation between the three systems of arrest, prosecution, and judgment.

Now, the people who are arresting, prosecuting and trying are all the same people.

This shows how much injustice there was in this feudal society.

It all depends on how wise the county magistrate is.

Be wiser and there will be fewer people who are wronged.

There are many foolish and innocent people.

Why, when the rebels entered the city, they released the prisoners, which was considered a good deed.

Because most of them are good people.

In a word, for the yamen runners, which one is easier to catch, the vicious murderer, or the homeless, the beggars around, or even the innocent people? Obviously the latter.

If we really need to find someone to scapegoat, the priority will be refugees and beggars, followed by the surrounding people who are implicated.

Therefore, whether the people had problems or not, they would not look for the yamen runners.

I would rather suffer the loss and swallow my anger.

And Liu Tuiguan's documents would be reported all the way to the Censor, and then to the Minister of Justice.

Finally, the emperor will make the final decision.

Generally speaking, since Liu Tuiguan has achieved this level, he will not be criticized.

And at this time.

Liu Gen shouted in the lobby:
"Everyone listen carefully."

"I am innocent, I am really innocent!"

"I just wanted to steal things at first, and then I wanted to impersonate someone else."

“But I didn’t kill anyone.”

"When I last went to call the guest out of the city, he was already dead."

"Because he's dead, I dare to steal things."

"It's not like I'm going to kill someone just to steal something."

At this most critical moment, Liu Gen finally proposed another possibility, which was more logical.

This was the last clever move of a usually cunning person.

If it were an honest person, he would be completely confused at this time.

The problem, however, is that his evidence is really insufficient.

He could only rely on his mouth, but he couldn't produce any evidence that he was not the murderer.

For Magistrate Liu, the evidence was indeed sufficient.

First, the body was found in the backyard of Liu Gen's house.

Secondly, the body package was hidden by Liu Gen.

Third, Liu Gen fled for fear of punishment.

These are all evidence.

Generally speaking, among these three lives, it basically only means that you killed that person.

Of course, in fact, in Wen Rensheng’s opinion, in a feudal society, it is already very, very good for a Tui official to be able to achieve this step.

At least he didn't do as in the real world, in the feudal era, where people would just find an innocent person to atone for their crimes.

He buried the body in the backyard of Liu Gen's house, secretly took the other person's money, and even tried to impersonate him.

He has all three of these, so he is not innocent no matter what.

Even if he didn't kill the person, he should be sentenced to at least 10 to 20 years.

Of course, productivity was underdeveloped in ancient times, and there was no such thing as fixed-term imprisonment.

You will not be imprisoned in prison for a long time unless you are a wanted criminal.

Generally, the judgment was made hastily, and then the person was quickly exiled, banished, or sent to do hard labor on the city walls.

There is no such thing as sitting in a cell and eating for free.

The sentence now is beheading and imprisonment, which is almost the same.

If the emperor grants amnesty, you may not die.

And there were quite a few times when the emperor granted amnesty.

Well, it can be said that Liu Tuiguan has done his utmost.

Of course, Wen Rensheng knew that this was not because of Liu Tuiguan's mercy.

Instead, he had to take into account the frequent occurrence of cases and the possibility of manslaughter.

If he was too foolish and reckless, he would not live long and would be killed by revenge.

Now that he has made the three pieces of evidence public, at least Liu Gen's father and his relatives will think that Liu Gen is guilty and deserves the punishment he received.

There will be no retaliation.

They wouldn't resort to poisoning people in the middle of the night or setting traps on the road...

Soon, the relevant documents from Liu Tui Guan were sent up the chain.

It was first sent to the province, and after the provincial censor read it, he scanned it.

"Well, the evidence is conclusive, but the prisoner doesn't admit it?"

"Okay, this Lao Liuhe is always like this."

"The evidence is clear, but the prisoner refuses to confess. How can he still deny it after several more tortures?"

One of his assistants said, "Liu Tuiguan has always been cautious and unwilling to use torture to extract a confession."

"He's probably worried that torture could lead to a false confession, which could lead to revenge."

"And then kill him?"

"Hehe, how can you accomplish anything if you are so timid?"

The Censor shook his head.

Then he drew a circle on the document, a very round one, like that made by a compass.

The representative agrees.

If it is a triangle, it means disagreement.

If it is a red cross, it means that we are very dissatisfied and will directly reject it and send it back for reexamination.

The deputy muttered in his heart: [You are not a coward, but you never personally order the killing, you always hand in the paperwork. ]

Then the document was sent to the capital and came into the hands of the Minister of Justice.

After seeing this, the Minister of Justice frowned.

"If the prisoner didn't sign, then we can just refute it."

"Tell them that the sentence can only be passed if the prisoner signs his name willingly."

"The criminal must be convinced before he can be killed."

The document was then rejected.

This was mainly because the emperor had been sleeping restlessly recently and was always worried that someone was assassinating him.

That’s why the Minister of Justice will not encounter such bad luck.

It can be said that the emperor is the biggest potential murderer.

He has the motive and ability to kill anyone.

While everyone is restraining the emperor, the emperor is also restraining everyone, which forms a chess game of fighting beasts.

The elephant deals with everything below the tiger, while the lowest mouse can intimidate the elephant.

The whole process was very fast.

Because in this world, messages are delivered through some kind of trained eagles.

This kind of eagle is much smarter than the eagles in the real world.

It has a very high IQ.

At least it is equivalent to a child in his teens who can pick up a package.

Ability to run back and forth on a fixed route.

And eagles have no natural enemies in the air.

It can fly more than 100 kilometers per hour. If the wind direction is favorable and there is a monsoon, the speed can be even faster, for example, it may even double.

It can be said that this speed is quite fast.

It can fly two thousand kilometers a day.

Of course, the consumption of this kind of eagle is also very high.

It can be said that the consumption is even greater than that of the people in the post station.

Because it eats meat, and military pay cannot be deducted.

But people are different.

Two steamed buns per 100 kilometers, and they can usually survive on wild vegetables.

If you live to your 30s, you will be exhausted.

Let's have the next round.

An eagle wouldn't do that.

Fly a hundred kilometers and eat at least one kilogram of fresh and tender offal.

The cost of this consumption is far too high.